Gun Violence in Our Communities
Activists and Organizers Will Discuss the Effects Rampant Gun Violence
Has Had in Our Neighborhoods
Los Angeles -- 5 March 2013: As the nation grapples with the issue of
gun violence and making the nation a safer place, an upcoming ACLU-SC
Pasadena/Foothills Chapter bimonthly public forum on March 12th will
discuss the effects rampant gun violence has had in our communities.
Consider these grim statistics from recent years gathered by Women
Against Gun Violence:
* In 2007, a total of 989 residents of Los Angeles County lost their
lives to guns.
* 79.3% of homicides in LA County were committed with a firearm (677
out of 854).
* 74% of homicides (1,807 out of 2,444) and 41% of suicides (1,363
out of 3,343) were committed with a firearm in California.
* LA County trauma centers treated 2,504 victims of firearm injuries
for a total treatment cost of more than $149 million and an average
charge of $59,712 per visit.
Panelists will include author, columnist, and scholar Anthony Asadullah
Samad and ACLU-Southern California staff attorney David Sapp, whose work
focuses on education and juvenile justice issues.
"The ACLU encourages decision makers to carefully examine any
proposed legislative solutions to ensure that they will not lead to
unintended consequences that improperly restrict civil rights and
liberties," says David Sapp. "The ACLU is concerned about the
increased policing and over-criminalization of young people, the
presence of police officers in schools does not improve school safety
and undermines the school's climate."
"The gun control discussion is more than a safety conversation, or an
infringement of rights discussion," says Dr. Samad. "Xenophobia and
social instability contribute to the resistance to ban military
weaponry. We are so focused on militarism internationally that we don't
realize that there is a subtle militarism occurring domestically,
driving our hysteria around guns and weapons we must begin to discuss
outwardly."
What: ACLU-SC Pasadena-Foothills Chapter Public Forum
When: Tuesday, March 12, 7 p.m.
Where: Neighborhood Church. 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena
The event is free and open to the public. For more info, see contact
Sharon Kyle, Communications Chair, ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothills Chapter,
aclupasadena@yahoo or 213.434.4643.
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